Hi there Gigi and other Mac users, In which state do you live? There are no Apple stores in Vermont though I will check with Small Dog to see if they have a similar offer. Small Dog is an authorized reseller and can do warranty work and I know they do provide training.
Thanks for your help> Tom PS Happy New Years everyone. On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Gigi wrote: > Hi Frank. > Apple does offer one-to-one for $99 for a year training. There is no limit of > how many times you can go in for training. Although some of their people are > not up on VoiceOver as much as I wish they were, a lot of them love and adore > working with it because they like computers and finding out new stuff. I got > a really good person to work with me; he is a long-time Mac user who went to > work for Apple. If your friend did that, it might be a good idea to talk to > the manager and get them to give him the same person. In my case, I later on > ended up working with different people; I think they were using me to teach > some of their folks VoiceOver to more of their folks since they knew they had > another blind person going to come in. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Frank Tom <vermont...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the offer, but my friend lives in Vermont. We actually have a >> great supplier in Burlington Vermont, Small Dog, that offers refurbished >> Macs and great support. >> >> I'm also thinking of other folks that may benefit from switching over to a >> Mac with Voice Over. Our State Division for the blind is actually >> considering buying Macs for some clients. We are making progress. >> On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: >> >>> I hope you don't mind me asking. >>> >>> is your friend in the UK or outside of the UK? If in the UK, I MAY be able >>> to help. >>> >>> as I run a small organization called free macs for the blind, I refurbish >>> older powermacs to help get blind and visually impaired young people and >>> those in need with a working mac running OS X 10.5 on a powerPC G4 or >>> higher, depending on what is acquired as donations. >>> >>> if not, then I advise that rather than purchasing a new machine for him, >>> you find a supplier dealing in refurbed macs. >>> >>> this would save money and still offer some support. please drop me a line >>> and I can advise where possible. >>> >>> lew >>> >>> On 29 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Frank Tom wrote: >>> >>>> I have a friend, age 75, who is totally blind and a Windows/Jaws failure. >>>> I have recommended he switch to a Mac but want to make reasonable >>>> suggestions as to what he should buy. >>>> >>>> I am leaning twards a Mac Mini with a full size bluetooth keyboard with >>>> NumPad and a wired mouse. Also, he will need a monitor for when his wife >>>> needs to help him out. >>>> >>>> What do the rest of you mini users have. Do you also add a USB DVD player? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your advise. He will be happy if he could just download NLS >>>> books from the BARD site without having to ask his wife for help. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I, myself, have an 21 Inch IMac that I have had for four years. I got my >>>> first Mac, the Mac Plus, in 1985 when I had more usable vision and could >>>> read the screen with an 8x magnifying lens. The good old days when we >>>> thought one megabyte of RAM was amazing. I did say mega and not giga. >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> Mr. L. 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